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Myrddin

(327 posts) Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:26 AM Feb 2021

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Andy Flurry and Mary Queen of Salt: craze for naming Scottish gritters goes global (Original Post) Myrddin Feb 2021 OP

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1. Thanks for posting! I read about Scottish gritters earlier this year. So hilarious!

Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:36 AM

Feb 2021

😀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❄️

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2. Thanks for clearing that up. I saw the headline while reading The Guardian this morning but

Fri Feb 12, 2021, 10:33 AM

Feb 2021

wasn't interested enough to read it then. I'll have to re-think everything I learned about "the dour
Scot/Scots"!